Bridget Quinn

Bridget Quinn is a writer, art historian, and critic living in the Bay Area. Her most recent book is Portrait of a Woman: Art, Rivalry & Revolution in the Life of Adèlaïde Labille-Guiard. You can find her on her website .

Books

A Poet’s Heartfelt Biography of Cy Twombly

Joshua Rivkin, a poet himself, passionately admires Twombly’s art and feels compelled to understand the man who made it.

Art

Why Edvard Munch Began Painting Portraits of the Soul

An exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art illustrates how, over time, Munch moved away from observational painting toward something more symbolic and emotional.

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